The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) will honor Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese with the Spirit of Collaboration Award at the fifth annual SCL Awards on Tuesday, February 13 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
The Spirit of Collaboration Award recognizes a composer/director relationship that has resulted in a massive project. Robertson worked in various capacities on 11 films directed by Scorsese over a period of 45 years – The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, The Color of Money, Casino, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Previous recipients of this award – SCL's best and most distinctive idea – include Thomas Newman & Sam Mendes, Terence Blanchard & Spike Lee, Carter Burwell & The Coen Brothers, and last year, Justin Hurwitz & Damien Chazelle.
Robertson died last August aged 80. On Tuesday, January 23, he posthumously received an Academy Award for Best Original Score for Killers of the Flower Moon. He was the first composer to receive a posthumous Academy Award in this category in 47 years, after Bernard Herrmann received a pair of posthumous nods for his scores Taxi driver and Obsession.
Scorsese, 81, is up for both best picture and best director for his work on the same film.
The SCL Awards will be hosted by Grammy Award-winning, two-time Academy Award-nominated songwriter and SCL member Siedah Garrett. She recently reunited with Quincy Jones The Color Purple. He worked with Jones on Michael Jackson's 1987 album Badco-writing “Man in the Mirror” and singing backing vocals on “I Just Can't Stop Loving You”.
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